# Greer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/greer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Grier |
| US babies named this | 3,818 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 733 / 3,085 (81% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 3,188 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,231 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,852 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,697 |
| 2015 | 88 | 2,155 |
| 2016 | 98 | 2,021 |
| 2017 | 89 | 2,149 |
| 2018 | 88 | 2,152 |
| 2019 | 83 | 2,225 |
| 2020 | 87 | 2,110 |
| 2021 | 97 | 1,997 |
| 2022 | 89 | 2,147 |
| 2023 | 76 | 2,386 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,984 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,851 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,161 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,099 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,041 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,330 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,115 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,197 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,618 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,924 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,854 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,855 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,827 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4,906 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,744 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,017 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,789 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |

## People named Greer

- Greer Garson, British-American actress (1904-1996)
- Greer Grammer, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.